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Post by sdrew13163 on Apr 20, 2018 18:44:52 GMT
The Conversation (1974) Duel (1971) The Prestige (2006) Cast Away (2000) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) The Rocketeer (1991) Conan the Barbarian (1982) Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Minority Report (2002) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Unbreakable (2000) Dumb and Dumber To (2014) The Great Silence (1968)
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 20, 2018 18:48:44 GMT
The Conversation (1974)
Duel (1971) The Prestige (2006) Cast Away (2000) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) The Rocketeer (1991)
Conan the Barbarian (1982) Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Minority Report (2002) Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Unbreakable (2000) Dumb and Dumber To (2014) The Great Silence (1968) Too bad. For me, at least, all the bolded ones are favorites.
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 20, 2018 18:57:20 GMT
Nearly all Ron Howard movies have been forgotten...Even Splash. It's weird because all of his 80's & 90's movies have been good to great. (I am subconsciously a Ron Howard fan and thus a part of the problem.) Mr. Mom was also immensely popular at the time. I've watched Splash on Cable several times in last year--More forgotten is The Night Shift(1982) Ron Howard's debut as a director, a funny comedy with Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 20, 2018 18:57:47 GMT
The Terminal (2004). F*ck that movie. Easily Steven Spielberg's most forgettable. Agree--couldn't get thru it
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 20, 2018 19:00:54 GMT
The Paper Chase – it launched the acting careers of Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman. true--its rarely seen today--Speaking of Timothy Bottoms, how about his movies? after The Last Picture Show, he did some forgotten movies like The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, and Rollercoaster with George Segal
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 20, 2018 19:03:15 GMT
I don’t think I agree on that. I hear people talk about the Potter movies often, and they’re always on TV. And Universal’s ‘Harry Potter Land,’ based on the movies, remains wildly popular even among non-Potter buffs. People still watch TV??? And with the exception of the first few films, for the most part I'd definitely say the film adaptions have been forgotten especially Yates adaptions. Yes, people still watch TV, moron---just bought a 4K 65 inch television, its awesome
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 20, 2018 19:04:26 GMT
And with the exception of the first few films, for the most part I'd definitely say the film adaptions have been forgotten especially Yates adaptions. Well, I don’t like the Yates adaptations, and I agree that they’re not as well remembered as the earlier ones—especially the Chris Columbus ones. (That’s interesting… Columbus was criticized early on for including too much, but that may well have been the element that made them better register with the public. My favorite of the series [and most critics’, as well], Prisoner of Azkaban, is one that I don’t hear mentioned often. Hm, food for thought.) Still, I don’t think most of the public were paying attention to directors; they see the Potter films cohesively, and they certainly haven’t forgotten them. In fact, that series is one of the few modern movie series to have sticking power, (unlike Marvel) methinks. Well said, totally agree
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 20, 2018 19:10:37 GMT
The Conversation (1974) Duel (1971) The Prestige (2006) Cast Away (2000) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) The Rocketeer (1991) Conan the Barbarian (1982) Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Minority Report (2002) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Unbreakable (2000) Dumb and Dumber To (2014) The Great Silence (1968) The Tintin one is a travesty. It is a great adventure movie although the lead is uninteresting. I assumed that's the way he was in the source material though. That pirate battle scene was truly amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 19:14:46 GMT
People still watch TV??? And with the exception of the first few films, for the most part I'd definitely say the film adaptions have been forgotten especially Yates adaptions. Yes, people still watch TV, moron---just bought a 4K 65 inch television, its awesome Hmm...you must be a much older person or something because most younger and more hip people like me are cutting the cords and ditching cable completely. I couldn't imagine why anyone would want to watch cable television seeing as there as nothing worthwhile on. The only reason I still have is to watch my DVD's and Blu-rays.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 20, 2018 19:28:33 GMT
Yes, people still watch TV, moron---just bought a 4K 65 inch television, its awesome Hmm...you must be a much older person or something because most younger and more hip people like me are cutting the cords and ditching cable completely. I couldn't imagine why anyone would want to watch cable television seeing as there as nothing worthwhile on. The only reason I still have is to watch my DVD's and Blu-rays.But that's watching TV
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Post by sostie on Apr 20, 2018 19:37:33 GMT
The Right Stuff...an American classic that rarely ever get's a mention
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 20, 2018 20:20:39 GMT
The Paper Chase – it launched the acting careers of Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman. true--its rarely seen today--Speaking of Timothy Bottoms, how about his movies? after The Last Picture Show, he did some forgotten movies like The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, and Rollercoaster with George Segal When the topic arises of people you once thought would become stars, I immediately think of Timothy Bottoms after The Last Picture Show.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 20, 2018 20:22:40 GMT
Good idea for a thread, OP. I’ll try to keep my choices to more modern movies, or we’d be here forever. I agree with the majority here that Avatar and many superhero movies have been, if not forgotten, certainly no longer a big deal, which is in its own way even more belittling. One of the intriguing things about the current Marvel Comics series is how a movie (say, The Avengers (the superhero flick, not the stellar ‘60s show), a movie I disliked but which made tons of money at the box office) comes along, is trumpeted everywhere, well-received (inexplicably) by critics, praised by audiences, and then disappears. Honestly, does anyone outside of über-superhero fans talk about The Avengers any more? It’s quite the phenomenon. (That’s one of the many reasons I tell the folks on the superhero boards not to get so invested in them—but, of course, they do.)
Anyway, a few ‘forgotten’ favorites… I recommended Radioland Murders, a George Lucas-micromanaged project, on the ‘forgotten comedies’ thread, and I’ll recommend it here as well. Not great, but a fun little movie with a good number of old-time stars. politicidal and I continue to do our duty and try to persuade people to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, a wondrous and wonderful movie. Also The Rocketeer, one of the best superhero movies. And I always praise the uproarious and delightful Congo, worth watching even if only for Ernie Hudson alone (“I’m a great white hunter who happens to be black”). A Walk in the Woods, with Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, flopped when it came out a few years ago, but I think it’s one of the very best comedies to come out in recent years.
Probably many more that aren’t coming to mind at the moment…though, if you’ll forgive one movie outside of the ‘modern’ time period I’ve set for myself, let me recommend The Black Swan, with Tyrone Power, one of the very best pirate adventures I’ve seen, though overshadowed by Flynn’s (which, of course, I still love). I've seen both Radioland Murders and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow at the theatre. I liked both but enjoyed the latter more.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 20, 2018 20:29:55 GMT
People still watch TV???
And with the exception of the first few films, for the most part, I'd definitely say the film adaptions have been forgotten especially Yates adaptions. Yes, people still watch TV, moron---just bought a 4K 65-inch television, it's awesome I have a 4k camera.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Apr 20, 2018 20:30:42 GMT
Yes, people still watch TV, moron---just bought a 4K 65 inch television, its awesome Hmm...you must be a much older person or something because most younger and more hip people like me are cutting the cords and ditching cable completely. I couldn't imagine why anyone would want to watch cable television seeing as there as nothing worthwhile on. The only reason I still have is to watch my DVD's and Blu-rays. If you were indeed hip, you wouldn't point it out.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 20, 2018 20:50:19 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 20, 2018 21:00:20 GMT
Billy Jack was big in its day. It enjoyed a cult following for several years. I used to think of it as so bad it's good. Now I think it's just bad.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Apr 20, 2018 21:43:00 GMT
That 'Tron' sequel, perhaps?
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Apr 20, 2018 21:46:52 GMT
The Black Hole...it was Disney's answer to Star Wars and a huge deal in 1979. Now it's not even available on Bluray. A shame really, because it's fun in a cheesy, "50s sci-fi" sort of way and boasted some pretty spectacular space vistas.
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 20, 2018 22:07:32 GMT
Chariots of Fire – Best Picture
Charly – Best Actor (Cliff Robertson )
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